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Wisconsin Calles for a State Registry of Nanoscale Materials, What is Being Produced and in What Quantities

Growing concern over the potential risks that nanotechnology might pose to the environment and human health have some lawmakers and state agencies looking into how they might regulate the technology, which is already bei...

12 Feb 2008

Nuclear Physics and Neutron Activation used to Prove Napoleon Was Not Killed by Arsenic Poisoning

Nuclear Physics and Neutron Activation used to Prove Napoleon Was Not Killed by Arsenic Poisoning

Arsenic poisoning did not kill Napoleon in Saint Helena, as affirmed by a new meticulous examination performed at the laboratories of the Italian National Institute of Nuclear Physics (INFN) in Milano-Bicocca and Pavia, together with the University of Milano-Bicocca and the University of Pavia.

12 Feb 2008

Nanoencapsulation Used to Get Beauty Products Beneath the Skin

The old saying “beauty is more than skin deep” holds more truth than ever thanks to a new generation of skin care products that treat targeted areas deep beneath the skin’s surface. Researchers at eF...

8 Feb 2008

Funding Boost for Alternative Energy Research at UCL and the London Centre for Nanotechnology

Funding Boost for Alternative Energy Research at UCL and the London Centre for Nanotechnology

Research funding awarded for the creation of cheap, efficient storage for hydrogen, and the development of large-surface organic solar cells.

7 Feb 2008

Herpes and Nail Fungus to Get the Nanotechnology and Topical Nanomedicine Treatment

NanoBio Corporation is presenting safety and efficacy results on new topical treatments for herpes labialis (cold sores) and onychomycosis (toe nail fungus) at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology (A...

4 Feb 2008

Nanotechnology Safety Examined in Report that Looks at the Effectiveness of Conventional Protection Against Nanoaerosols

Are conventional protective devices such as fibrous filter media, respirator cartridges, protective clothing and gloves also efficient for nanoaerosols? Long before the final conclusions of toxicology research studie...

4 Feb 2008

Safety of Carbon Nanotubes in the Body Investigated to See if Carbon Nanotubes Build Up in Essential Organs

Carbon nanotubes-cylinders so tiny that it takes 50,000 lying side by side to equal the width of a human hair-are packed with the potential to be highly accurate vehicles for administering medicines and other therapeutic...

30 Jan 2008

First Steps Taken by the EPA to Address Nanotechnology Safety With More Action Required to Ensure Public Confidence

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published today in the Federal Register its plan for the Nanoscale Materials Stewardship Program under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). The plan takes a positive fir...

29 Jan 2008

EPA Wants to Know Human Health and Environmental Risks and Benefits of Nanoscale Chemical Products

What are the human health and environmental risks and benefits of nanoscale chemical products? That’s what EPA wants to find out with its just-announced Nanoscale Materials Stewardship Program (NMSP). Engineered na...

29 Jan 2008

Nanoscale Materials Stewardship Program to Give Grants for Nanotechnology Development for the Environment and Health

Americans are famous for building big: the tallest sky scraper, the biggest jet, the widest plasma TV screen. But now U.S. entrepreneurs are considering thinking small. Nanotechnology uses particles 80,000 times smaller ...

29 Jan 2008

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